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>> in regards to marijuana or alcohol, that is an part of it. new details of a deadly crash that shut down
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victims are 39-year-old, 14-year-old, and 9-year-old. the chp says none of them was varying a seat belt and all were thrown from the suv. the driver driving under the influence of marijuana. facing several charges including gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. he is expected to make his first court appearance tomorrow. >> all three of the victims of this case are from san joaquin county. lyanne melendez went to man ticka high school today.
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>> reporter: told by teachers this morning of her death. >> the school have really sad right now. a couple of my friends are crying over it. >> reporter: lima's was mattie brown's childhood friend. >> she has been by my side. >> i heard that she was funny and she had like cute outfits and so nice. >> lima was a member of the future farmers of 9-year-old brook attended brock elliott elementary. flowers were left outside their home.
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dee dee limas is a distant cousin. >> i don't like drugs period. i don't care if marijuana is legal or whatever. i am not into the drugs. >> reporter: the schools will have counsellors on campus throughout the week for students and staff. in halo ran had been the head of the association since 2013. after they failed to come to an agreement, they went to arbitration and a new deal reached two weeks ago. new developments if a case of a fairfield family accused of abusing their ten children.
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the children's mother is now in jail along with her husband. leslie brinkley on the new abuse charges that mother is facing. >> reporter: she was booked into the solano county jail on nine felony counts of felony abuse. bail is set at $495,000. the judge denied reducing it. the da's office says rogers allowed her husband to inflict tor torous act on her children for years. the investigation into the family started in march when their 12-year-old ran away. >> this case initially came in as a child endangerment based upon the conditions of the
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house. the children were taken into protective custody and sent with relatives. >> reporter: officials say the children were subjected to puncture wounds, hot water, water board and being shot with a pellet gun. they now live with roger's sister and her mother's house. rogers blamed her mother for the allegations. >> she has conjured up these ideas of torture. i would not abuse my children or sit back and let them be abuse. and the truth will come out. >> reporter: her preliminary hearing is set for friday. i am leslie brinkley, abc7 news. president trump talking
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about what to do about the california sanctuary policies. all of those invited hold strong anti-immigration beliefs. in february, mayor shaf warned of impending i.c.e. raid. >> i would recommend that you look into obstruction of justice for the mayor . you worked on that long and hard and you got there and there were very few people. state attorney general becerra weigh in quote while president
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law enforcement agency should do the job of our federal government. 3.2 earth southern santa clara county. 15 miles east of downtown san jose. the usgs says it was felt as far away as berkeley. no reports of damage or injury. at 2:46 this push we want out on the news alert. coming up, new clues and new questions emerge in the investigation of yesterday's deadly explosion. the crews that have led the authorities to believe that blast is no accident. >> i am spencer christian. warmer weather is on the way. the accuweather forecast is
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coming up. >> laurel. laurel. >> what do you here is the of life poll. do you hear
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investigators are closely examining the device that exploded claiming a life of a 43-year-old woman and injuring three others. reporter from our sister station in los angeles has the story. >> reporter: authorities say they don't know why her facebook passengge might han targeted. >> we don't belief this is a accident. >> reporter: preliminary indicates are a device was delivered. the package did not go through the postal service mail system.
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so far a motive is not known neither is what kind of device that may have caused the explosion. >> hundreds of investigators of all disciplines working around the clock to get to the matter of this matter. >> the fbi says it served search warrants on three properties. the blast sent debris flying. forcing the evaluatioculuation s surrounding buildings including a preschool. three people injured in the blast are recovering. one person suffered smoke inhalation. >> i could see one of them on the side. and she was a little bruised and you could see little bit bleeding going on >> the injured victims are recovering in a hospital and under going surgery and are expected to
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house minority leader nancy pelosi is calling today a great deal of bureaucracy. those requirements prevent providers like at&t and comcast and verizon from interfering. trump overregulation is stifling -- are you hearing yanny or laurel? weigh in right now. you can see votes changing live at the bottom of your screen. a lot of yannies and all i have heard is laurel. >> i have heard both. what does that mean? kristen sze is here to reveal
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the news clip. do you remember the great dress debate. is this dress black and blue or white and gold? and the answer depends on how you process right. which word do you hear, yanny or laurel? >> i hear laurel. i do. >> definitely? >> definitely laurel. >> yanny, 100%. >> i hear yanny. >> seriously? >> the mystery is solved to want. an 18-year-old was solved tonight. played the pronunciation of laurel. >> the low quality recording may be illusion possible. >> it only has a small fraction of the information that a properly done recording would
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have to have. >> okay, so we are going to blow your mind one more time. spinning dancer is she going clockwise or counter clockwise? our brains fill in the blanks in different ways and no perception is ever absolute. >> that is wild. >> i can't take this. i see clockwise. but when i look at you over there, i see counter. >> you are flexible in your thinking. >> oh weird. >> while most of us know yanny as the musician. >> he tweeted this of what he heard. >> yanny. >> that is a shock. he didn't hear laurel. >> you can see the live poll at the bottom. i mean it is evenly split at the moment. >> and you are in both camps. >> you can still vote at
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abc7news.com. remember, there is no log in or sign in required. we would love to hear what you think about this. >> there is no right answer. >> well for the weather there is. >> is there? >> i hear laurel in my left ear. here is a look the live doppler 7. increasing clouds. although clouds are bright. you can see the heavier clouds up near the north and farther inland as well. breezy conditions now also. wind speeds about 15 miles. not terribly gusty. just breezy. this is the view of partly cloudy skies. it is 59 degrees here in san francisco. we have mid-60s also. and 57 at half moon bay and this is the view looking, what did i say the first one?
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the first one is east bay camera. and this is emeryville. it is 61 right now at napa and santa rosa. 63 novato. and a live view from our rooftop camera here. and looking back at coit tower. mostly cloudy skies early tomorrow morning and warmer the next few days and then we will have cool coast and mild inland conditions over the weekends. looking ahead at our forecast animation. starting at midnight tomorrow and you will see the clouds increase right around the coast and low clouds and some mid-level clouds and few passing high clouds. visibility may be reduced in some locations. but later in the day we will see the clouds thin out a bit. and some will linger and skies will become brighter and a little bit milder in the afternoon and today.
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look for another day of active weather tomorrow and we will see showers and perhaps maybe downpours. today there were numerous thunderstorms and hundreds of lightning strikes. so certainly the weather pattern there is unsettled. early morning lows will be in the low 50s. and tomorrow's highs mid-60s at the coast and the first 16 days of the months of may have produced high temperatures below the average for this time of year. four of those days produced temperatures above average. and for the next seven-days in jose, highs will remain below the average of 67 degrees. here is the accuweather forecast notice a bump up in temperatures friday and saturday. inland highs in the mid-to upper 70s. cool down again on saturday.
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and slight chance of light rain on tuesday. we are not posting a storm impact ranking scale yet. >> thanks. >> so how much is jeffrey the
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there is more for s toys "r" us. including jeffrey the giraffe. the store is going to auction off its intellectual property, name, brand, and logo. the domain name will also be for sale. as well as additional the toys "r" us announced in march that it was bankrupt and would close all 800 of stores after six decades in business. berkeley restaurant is closing its doors after serving the community for over 50 years.
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a final celebration brunch on sunday july 1st. today the owners notified the city of berkeley it would be closing when the lease ends. with room for hundreds of diners, it had venues for many community events. confusion for south bay voters have a candidate suspends his campaign. life in limbo. what these seniors are dealing oto balancendidate for governor the state budgetarties together while making record investments in local classrooms and creating new career training programs. antonio villaraigosa for governor.
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i support the affordable care act, and voted against all trump's attempts to repeal it. but we need to do more. i believe in universal health care. in a public health option to compete with private insurance companies. and expanding medicare to everyone over 55. and i believe medicare must be empowered to negotiate the price of drugs. california values senator dianne feinstein
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to negotiate the price of drugs. marshall tuck will change that. in california, 3 million kids can't read at grade level. tuck turned around struggling schools, raising graduation rates over 60%. marshall tuck for state superintendent. marshall tuck.
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brought business and labor together to expand career training and apprenticeships, invested in transportation and helped create over 200,000 living wage jobs. antonio villaraigosa for governor. this empty field once held homes. then the north bay wildfires burned them down. so why is it still empty? reporter wayne freedman has
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the story. >> reporter: into the golden years, 47 of them together. this 30-foot hard hardly qualifies for home sweet home. >> this is not the way expected anything to be. >> have. >> reporter: a burned down senior living community. cleared and suspiciously devoid of construction. they and their lawyers smell a plot hence a class action lawsuit. >> the older citizens feel like they are being pushed out. >> reporter: if you move, what do they get? >> they get an empty lot and they put their own home on it and they make beaucoup bucks. >> reporter: he claims to have no knowledge of the lawsuit when
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we told them some of the charges, he told us they are untrue. he said no comment until he sees the paperwork. she and others are angry that hometown america plans to pay rent. >> they are leasing rent here. >> we don't like it. we are paying for an empty lot. they won't let us put this unit on that lot. >> reporter: a post fire storm landlord/tenant dispute on steroids. two san francisco homeowners are being sued for illegally turning their home into a city attorney dennis herrera
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filed suit for unlawfully renting the house for california will file an emergency appeal of a judge's opinion to overturn a 2015 state right to die law. dan diaz, the husband of brittany menard who inspired the law when she moved to oregon to end her life after a brain cancer diagnoses joined us. >> and i am catholic, so you know, while the leadership of the church, might have their position of being opposed to medically dying. support among catholics for this
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practice, the kosupport. >> the law allows adults to obtain a prescription for life ending drugs. >> ballots are being cast for a candidate who is no longer campaigning. caserta resigned and suspended his campaign. his name is still on the ballot. >> dominic caserta is no longer of the santa clara city council. he remains a candidate. in fact the resident at this house says he is planning on voting for caserta however not aware that the campaign has been suspended. there you have it. listed third on the official ballot out of seven candidates.
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voters are already casting their ballots. >> reporter: his campaign website is still online. his campaign manager has turned whistle blower. >> he did it right in front of me. and i am not 100% sure why he did it in front of me. >> reporter: a campaign volunteer said he made unwanted. but she was afraid to report her. >> i knew at this exact moment this guy could get away with anything. >> reporter: he has denied all charges and could not be reached by phone or at his home. the incidents happened at santa clara high school.
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neither school would address questions about his employment status. in santa clara, news. today michigan university agreed to settle. the agreement follows negotiations with the claimants. how much each receive has yet to be determined. hundreds of gymnast including some olympians spoke out against nassar. and this summer will be honored with the arthur ash courage award. sky 7 was overhead as cyclist competed in the men's individual race. making its way through san jose and the outskirts of silicon
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valley. team sky is in the overall lead. the race ends in sacramento on saturday. >> bigger and better. >> even jump start your car. "7 on your side" michael finney looks at what is worth the money. ♪ ♪ legendary jockey víctor espinoza is insatiable when it comes to competing. ♪ ♪ so is his horse. ♪ ♪ when it comes to snacking. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
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that's why he uses the chase mobile app, to pay practically anyone, at any bank. life, lived victor's way. chase. make more of what's yours.
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dogs and dating. is there a link? wag, an app for dog service. one in four bay area dog said they the royal wedding is on its way. >> this saturday they will tie the knot. these are the first royal
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wedding watchers. as we get new details about the wedding three days away. questions around meghan markle's father on again off again decision to not attend the wedding. >> questions are being raised about the validity of the claims because the day he said he was in hospital with the heart attack, he was spotted by paparazzi outside his home. >> reporter: the couple's focus remains on saturday's ceremony. where meghan's mother may escort her. outside windsor capital, tourists from california are among the first of the fans setting up camp.
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>> i have got food. i have got water. >> reporter: these ladies are even renting a cottage. we were going to have a sign. l.a. representing so that she knows that there is somebody here that is on here, in her corner. >> reporter: after the wedding here, for those who cannot snag a spot among the carriage route, the giant open field is open to the public. reporting from windsor, abc7 news. >> tune in for special coverage. it starts at 2:00 a.m. and goes until 8:00 a.m. followed by abc7 news. he's been called a rockstar lawyer. he tops the charts on progressive causes... winning pro bono battles for immigrants and the homeless. defending gay rights and gun control.
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democrat jeff bleich. after columbine, bleich led president clinton's youth violence initiative. with joe biden, bleich took on domestic violence. served president obama as special counsel and ambassador. maybe bleich can't pull off the rockstar look... but his progressive record is solid gold. ( ♪ ) your heart doesn't only belong to you. child: bye, grandpa! and if you have heart failure, entrusting your heart to entresto may help. entresto is a heart failure medicine that helps improve your heart's ability to pump blood to the body. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital compared to a leading heart failure medicine. don't take entresto if pregnant. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb.
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just like with smartphones, battery charges are getting slightly larger and more versatile. >> michael finney checked them out in a recent trade school. >> i was impressed they could charge my phones. wait until you see this.
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we were quite impressed. the new battery chargers of today are powering the unimaginable. this device is called jump start for a reason. it can start your portable devices and also your car. the biggest model is 1.5 pounds. jump start from cobra can start two portable devices at one time. check out river bank from eco flow, can charge up to six devices simultaneously including an automobile. you can buy different models or purchase the whole bundle for $390. >> you can leave it in your car. the other modules leave in your bedside table. >> reporter: eco charges includes a wireless feature by
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simply placing the device on top. if the ability to jump start your car isn't important to you, try the saber. it can recharge up to four devices at one time and is under 2.5 pounds. >> beautifully designed to fit into a water bottle pocket. charge your devices while you are walking around. freedom from the wall. >> reporter: all of the devices featured in this report can be taken on an airplane. because they are under the allowed by law maximum 100-wattt energy. i want to hear from you. the number is (415) 954-8151. you can reach me on my facebook and through abc7news.com if you know of a cool new product we ought to be testing or looking at. >> i like what she said, freedom from the wall. that is nice. the rise and fall of palo
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alto will be depicted in a major movie. promised it could diagnose several medical conditions with just one drop of blood. that is false. the movie has a title blood." one last time update the weather forecast. >> things are going to get cloudy overnight. at the moment skies are bright across the bay area. you can see the presence of a few clouds. overnight lows will be mainly in the lows to mid-50s. tomorrow by afternoon, you see partly cloudy, partly sunny skies. low to mid-70s inland. here is the high temperature trend here in san francisco.
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average high, 64 degrees. temperatures three to four degrees below the average. and by midweek next week, we will see temperatures rising just a degree or two. most locations will see an increase in temperatures away from the coast on friday and saturday. and minor cooling on sunday. and may see light showers on tuesday. unsettled uneven pattern. >> all right. big night. >> in actions, as we speak, larry beil is here. >> unsettled and uneven would describe the warriors. and kevin durant in game two. scoring on everybody. who can stop
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good evening, the warriors playing the rockets in game two.
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you knew the rockets would come out desperate after they lost game one. would the warriors match their intensity? little wane in the house courtside. kevin durant being guarded guard paul. mouse in the house. just shoots right over the top. ten points early for kevin durant. the beard, james harden for three. dubs down three. steph curry with the left and he went hard into the durant with the cross over and he is a scoring machine. the warriors own worst enemy. eight and a half. gerald green with authority. the warriors are throwing the
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ball over the arena. on to baseball, the giants going for a sweep of the reds this afternoon. homered again. you have to hear what he said after the game. faking out the kids here. scooter is messing around.% four batters into the game, reds up, 4-0. adam duval crushes this one off of andy suarez. giants didn't trade brandon bell for anybody and this is fifth straight game against the homers. johnston plenty of chances there. look at scooter cover ground here to make the catch and avoid the collision.
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top seven, ginnet and the plate. for a moment we thought that was going to be a splash down. good enough for a home run. two outs, a 3-2 count. low call for strike three to end the game. the reds win it. not happy and not concealing his emotions after all in the interview. >> do you feel like you got cheated in the last pitch of the game? >> no question. it is tough because you hope an umpire doesn't affect the game like that and did he. we have heard that guy multiple times say that or insinuate that he is trying to get through the game fast. and he makes calls like that. you got to wonder. >> a's in boston. trying to be as tall as a
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monster. down 3-0. bottom six. t two on for zander. bogarts. mookie best. you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall and he is going on top of the wall. originally said it was not a catch and he showed the ball in his glove. okay that's a catch. amgen tour california, trial around san jose and morgan hill. the winner vanguarden. emotional. how cute is this. he has the leader's yellow jersey and sharing the podium
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with two daughters. steve kerr was asked after the first quarter says this is what we do, we win a game and turn it over. >> what do you make of that? >> it is their dna. i mean even though the slightest bit of prosperity results in we got this. we got this. and right now down 56-42. it is doable but the rockets have energy and it is going to be a big uphill climb. >> the series is over for all intents and purposes. join us tonight at kofy-tv 20 cable channel 13. >> on abc7 news at 11.
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do you recognize this man or his dog? his dog bit four people. >> goldbergs modern achlt nc. and say with us for nbc 7 news at 11. >> look for breaking news on twitter. i am ama dae i'm dianne feinstein and i approve this message. i thought after sandy hook, where 20 six and seven year olds were slain, this would never happen again. it has happened more than 200 times in 5 years. dianne feinstein and a new generation are leading the fight to pass a new assault weapons ban. say no to the nra and yes to common-sense gun laws. california values senator dianne feinstein
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♪ this is the "jeopardy!" teachers tournament! here is our third group of semi-finalists -- a high school english and french teacher from alameda, california... a k through 12 gifted and talented teacher from eureka springs, arkansas... and a second grace teacher from kansas city, missouri... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. hi, everyone. two in the box, waiting to come back tomorrow to start our 2-day final match for $100,000. one of these three -- larry, jake, or katherine -- will join them. good luck. here we go.
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categories in play right now are... eh? yeah. and... we're going way back in time to that. larry. etruscans for $800, please. katherine. -what is ionic? -no. larry. -what is doric? -correct. $1,000, please, etruscans. jake. what is thunder? be more specific. -what is thunderbolt? -thank you. ohh. uh... etruscans, $600. answer -- daily double. ah.

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